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Trivia: Musical Terms

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1. Pertains to tone or tones.






2. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.






3. A repeated phrase.






4. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.






5. Primary theme or subject that is developed.






6. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.






7. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.






8. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.






9. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.






10. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.






11. Suite of Baroque dances.






12. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.






13. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.






14. Time signature with three beats to the measure.






15. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.






16. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.






17. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.






18. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.






19. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.






20. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.






21. Unmusical - without tone.






22. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.






23. Indicating speed.






24. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.






25. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.






26. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.






27. To shift to another key.






28. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.






29. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.






30. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.






31. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.






32. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.






33. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.






34. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.






35. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.






36. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.






37. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.






38. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.






39. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.






40. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.






41. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.






42. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.






43. A repeated phrase.






44. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.






45. A short or brief sonata.






46. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.






47. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.






48. A composition written for nine instruments.






49. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.






50. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.